Okay guys, I've learned from my mistakes of mixing bootstrap files, but I'm here to help you unbrick your Droid 3 (XT862) The following is a list to unbrick, the process should take about 5 minutes (not including the download or boot time)
1.[Originally from RootzWiki] Updated Link! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/61707107/Verizon%20Droid%203%205.6.890%20OTA/Flash%2BVerizon%2BDROID%2B3%2BOTA%2B5.6.890%2Bto%2Bphone_psouza4.zip
2. Download the ~450mb file.
3. If you have a spare battery, or the current battery, make sure it's charged above 50% (quick unbrick wont run if it's below 50%) You can use a spare USB cable and strip the red and black wires, then place the red on the + contact of the battery, black on the - contact. Dont charge it via this method for longer than a couple hours, and unplug if the battery starts to get hot. (Lithium-Ion explodes when overheated too much)
4. When the download is complete, extract the RAR file (WinZip), and when the phone is off, press m+power and scroll down to AP Fastboot.
5. Plug the phone into a USB 2.0 or older USB jack on your computer (some users finding USB 3.0 problems), make sure you get the USB connected message on the phone.
6. Run the "Click Here - Flash Verizon" file, make sure you get "OKAY" for each message that pops up on the CMD prompt.
7. Let your phone restore and boot.
If you have any questions, feel free to message me or reply to this post.
***Sorry for the re-post, but I don't want rants on iphones and ps3 controllers on a potential sticky thread
+1 for sticky. Used this on my 1st brick and it's very easy and very fast!
Thanx for the instructions, have yet to use SBF luckily Hashcodes Safestrap saved my bacon a few times now tho.
-smc
i need help. mine is taking soooo long on send recovery. ive tried so many things and i still cant unbrick my d3
geovanyglaude1 said:
i need help. mine is taking soooo long on send recovery. ive tried so many things and i still cant unbrick my d3
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Have you done everything in the directions? Make sure you're in AP fastboot, connected to usb, and have a 50% or higher battery charge. Are you getting error codes?
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ChaoticWeaponry said:
Have you done everything in the directions? Make sure you're in AP fastboot, connected to usb, and have a 50% or higher battery charge. Are you getting error codes?
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i followed the directions strictly and i was getting no error codes and battery was way above 50% but not anymore because i been waiting and nothing happend. do i need the motorola micro usb because i have a regular micro usb . and when i unplug it, it says transfer error (too many files) . not the exact words but its something like that. and plus im on windows xp 32-bit
geovanyglaude1 said:
i followed the directions strictly and i was getting no error codes and battery was way above 50% but not anymore because i been waiting and nothing happend. do i need the motorola micro usb because i have a regular micro usb . and when i unplug it, it says transfer error (too many files) . not the exact words but its something like that. and plus im on windows xp 32-bit
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I used to use a standard micro usb, and now I have to use the motorola supplied one. You can charge your battery via the stripped USB cable method, just be careful, and this may sound redundant, but make sure youre using a Droid 3 (XT862) Also see if you can boot into recovery somehow, (m+power method, or x+power method) and remove all of the files that you can (possibility that you're exceeding the system partitions). Keep me updated, I'll try to help as much as I can.
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I used to use a standard micro usb, and now I have to use the motorola supplied one. You can charge your battery via the stripped USB cable method, just be careful, and this may sound redundant, but make sure youre using a Droid 3 (XT862) Also see if you can boot into recovery somehow, (m+power method, or x+power method) and remove all of the files that you can (possibility that you're exceeding the system partitions). Keep me updated, I'll try to help as much as I can.
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ok yes the phone is xt862, and i think the problem could be the usb. do you know where i can get the motorola supplied one because i dont have the stock one. and i can get into recovery, i wiped data and cache paritions. thats about all i can do. and as for the battery i have a friend with a universal battery charger so thats not a problem.
geovanyglaude1 said:
ok yes the phone is xt862, and i think the problem could be the usb. do you know where i can get the motorola supplied one because i dont have the stock one. and i can get into recovery, i wiped data and cache paritions. thats about all i can do. and as for the battery i have a friend with a universal battery charger so thats not a problem.
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Motorolas website, ebay, amazon. Try those, and try plugging your usb into the back of your pc (where the motherboard has its outputs) because those support data transfer a lot better than the front ones.. maybe look around for a Motorola ADB driver or some sort, because I distinctly remember on my windows 7 computer, a message popped up saying Motorola ADB driver installed or something like that, right after I plugged the usb cord in after I started AP fastboot.
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nice work~
ChaoticWeaponry said:
Motorolas website, ebay, amazon. Try those, and try plugging your usb into the back of your pc (where the motherboard has its outputs) because those support data transfer a lot better than the front ones.. maybe look around for a Motorola ADB driver or some sort, because I distinctly remember on my windows 7 computer, a message popped up saying Motorola ADB driver installed or something like that, right after I plugged the usb cord in after I started AP fastboot.
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i only have one port on my 32-bit . how can i install the motorola adb drivers? im pretty sure i already did that when installing android sdk but im not sure . if this doesnt work i guess im just gonna have to have a funeral for this phone.
geovanyglaude1 said:
i only have one port on my 32-bit . how can i install the motorola adb drivers? im pretty sure i already did that when installing android sdk but im not sure . if this doesnt work i guess im just gonna have to have a funeral for this phone.
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Go on motorolas website, there should be software drivers, or you could google it. I'm afraid you're in territory I haven't dealt with before. The only advice that I can give is to redownload or download drivers, try redownloading the file for the unbrick, use WINZIP as your application to unzip the rar file, and just keep trying. I'm sorry man.
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ChaoticWeaponry said:
Go on motorolas website, there should be software drivers, or you could google it. I'm afraid you're in territory I haven't dealt with before. The only advice that I can give is to redownload or download drivers, try redownloading the file for the unbrick, use WINZIP as your application to unzip the rar file, and just keep trying. I'm sorry man.
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do you think it could be the Usb cable . when you tried it with a regular cable did it work for you ?
LOVE THIS! I was boot looping endlessly after multiple failed SBF's and this fixed it. Thank you.
geovanyglaude1 said:
do you think it could be the Usb cable . when you tried it with a regular cable did it work for you ?
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My regular USB cable only works for charging now as of the 5.6.890 update for some reason. I have to use the motorola supplied one..
So I borked my phone earlier today and tried to use this method to get back to stock, but this doesn't seem to be working for me. It flashes everything just fine but when the phone reboots I get taken to the fastboot screen with more errors on it. I'm at a loss now...help!
bbeaulieu said:
So I borked my phone earlier today and tried to use this method to get back to stock, but this doesn't seem to be working for me. It flashes everything just fine but when the phone reboots I get taken to the fastboot screen with more errors on it. I'm at a loss now...help!
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Try going into recovery, and do a factory data reset, and clear your cache. Then try.the flash again, and disconnect your usb cable after you finish the flash. If it does it again, pull the battery and keep trying. Make sure you're using an xt862..
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ChaoticWeaponry said:
Try going into recovery, and do a factory data reset, and clear your cache. Then try.the flash again, and disconnect your usb cable after you finish the flash. If it does it again, pull the battery and keep trying. Make sure you're using an xt862..
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I can't get into recovery but I did everything else. I get to the same screen as before. At the bottom it says-
Invalid CG OTV (CG: cdrom) Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system) Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG HAB (CG: system, status: 0X0035)
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system)
bbeaulieu said:
I can't get into recovery but I did everything else. I get to the same screen as before. At the bottom it says-
Invalid CG OTV (CG: cdrom) Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system) Invalid SP Data
Invalid CG HAB (CG: system, status: 0X0035)
Invalid CG OTV (CG: system)
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Looks like its having issues writing things to your partitions (not positive though) try redownloading the entire 450mb file off of the site posted.
*Edit - Use WinZip if you can - I used that
ChaoticWeaponry said:
Looks like its having issues writing things to your partitions (not positive though) try redownloading the entire 450mb file off of the site posted.
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Alright, I'll try that. And as far as the battery is concerned, will the phone still charge from that screen so long as it's plugged into a wall outlet?
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Ok so i was on 2.2 Firefly and tried to flash stock GB. Did a reset and wiped the dalvik. Put the phone in DL and Windows (Vista 32b) is not detecting the phone, it spits a usb unknown device. Had to pull and plug the usb a few times until it finally get a good detection in Odin.
Now the real fun begins.. Started the flash and got stuck at "Do not turn of target" for more then 5 minutes. No activity, no bars going up.. nothing. I unplug the usb and replug..No more detection. Remove the batt and try DL again...Bingo black screen of death ! and can't go in DL anymore.
I got a usb jib and it works.. hooray or so i thought. Plug in the device and now windows is still not detecting the phone and install a "unknown device" under usb section. I uninstalled all the drivers i had and reinstalled... same issue.
Downloaded heimdall and that's were the revelation came... My device is f*** up real bad. My USB\VID and PID are now both 0000 (VID_0000&PID_0000) and not "VID_04E8&PID_681C". Windows driver can't recognize the device because of it. Tried putting a entry with 0000 in the driver .inf but it still can't detect the phone. I only have a "Samsung USB Composite device" with a error code 10 (cannot start device) under device manager.
SO..Is there a magic solution to bring this thing alive with Odin or heimdall or is jtag recovery the only solution left ?
EDIT: FINALLY !!!!!!!!!!!! After 3 days of driver install and port switching i found a way to get Odin to detect my soft brick phone in DL. I used my usb hub (yes you read that correctly) to plug in my phone and Odin detected a com8 connection. I flashed via the usb hub and i'm now back on track !!!
Stuck with this same problem...
I can get it into Download Mode ONLY with a jig...
other than that anything i do (turning it on, plugging it in) makes a weird screen appear that has the following:
[cell phone] .. [caution symbol] .. [computer]
both windows and ODIN will not detect phone both on this screen and in download mode
got ODIN to detect phone twice after multiple attempts and it says that it starts the flash but that is as far as it gets... second time i left it all night connected with ODIN running in a feeble attempt to get to flash back to stock
trying different USB ports, i do not currently own a USB hub like the author of this thread used to finally get it working...
quite frustrated...
2zao said:
Stuck with this same problem...
I can get it into Download Mode ONLY with a jig...
other than that anything i do (turning it on, plugging it in) makes a weird screen appear that has the following:
[cell phone] .. [caution symbol] .. [computer]
both windows and ODIN will not detect phone both on this screen and in download mode
got ODIN to detect phone twice after multiple attempts and it says that it starts the flash but that is as far as it gets... second time i left it all night connected with ODIN running in a feeble attempt to get to flash back to stock
trying different USB ports, i do not currently own a USB hub like the author of this thread used to finally get it working...
quite frustrated...
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Have you tried flaking with odin one click or the drivers from designgears thread in dev section? Also try uninstall drivers and go to advanced and install those drivers manually. Let met know if helps if not we can try something else.
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Try a diff USB cable too.
Mine did the USB not recognized thing due to a faulty cable.
This happened to me a while back. There was only one way I was able to get to download mode. See if it works for you -
1. pull battery, count to 10
2. reinsert battery, DO NOT TOUCH ANY BUTTONS exept to follow the next step
3. When I would hold down the vol Up and vol Down together for several seconds, the screen would blink. When the screen blinked I inserted the USB cable. Bam - download mode.
Hope it helps.
edit: well, this is coming from the "phone ! computer" screen. sorry
Able to get unto download mode... I will try the different cable idea in the morning... well... it is morning so in like 6 hours lol... thanks I'll let you know...
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Hey leezrd (or anyone)... what advantages to using the premium xda app have you found... just curious =] thnx
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2zao said:
Hey leezrd (or anyone)... what advantages to using the premium xda app have you found... just curious =] thnx
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well it is more like site but only got to support xda
SIGNATURE : Life is like a box of captivates, you never know if your gps will work
Well I think my cable was bad... computer recognized phone now... so definately making progress...
so did ODIN now but when flashing all it ever does is hang on first line... =\
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2zao said:
Well I think my cable was bad... computer recognized phone now... so definately making progress...
so did ODIN now but when flashing all it ever does is hang on first line... =\
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When connecting to Odin. Odin should be open and running prior to putting your phone into download mode and attaching to usb.
It was at the time...
...but I just got it working =] can't believe I went a month and a half without my Captivate and finally bought another just because of a bad cable =\
Any clue as to hat might have made the cable bad? It still charges phone and looks fine =\
Thanks 41LY45 for the cable suggestion and everyone else too for everything... now to root this new phone... (wont be easy this time Rogers and I guess its NAND locked or something)
Thanks again!
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How I solved USB soft brick.
I had something similar, and have been searching for hours to find the following sollution:
Source: http://android.modaco.com/topic/309961-usb-brickrickrolledb0rked-fixed/
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Also, SD card functionality has to work. For this, do 'fastboot oem enableqxdm 0' in fastboot mode.
Steps involved:
1. Find out your CID. Go into fastboot mode, and do 'fastboot oem boot'.
The log will say something like the following:
Code:
#INFOTAG:Ramdisk OK
#INFOTAG:smi ok, size = 0
#INFOTAG:hwid 0x0
#INFOTAG:skuid 0x21F04
#INFOTAG:hero panel = 0x0
#INFOTAG:engineerid = 0x0
#INFOMCP dual-die
#INFOMCP dual-die
#INFOTAG:mono-die = 0x0
#INFODevice CID is not super CID
#INFOCID is HTC__E11
In this specific case, the CID is HTC__E11.
2. Get the following mtd0.img from here or from here: mirror provided by SgtDavePwnage.
Edit this image to the CID you found above with a hex editor.
3. Get flash_image from here or from here: mirror provided by SgtDavePwnage.
Move this to /data/ , and flash the modified image using:
"/data/flash_image misc /data/mtd0.img"
You can move both mtd0.img and flash_image by putting it on your sdcard, and issueing the following command in a terminal emulator:
'cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image'
'cat /sdcard/mtd0.img > /data/mtd0.img'
You might have to do 'chmod u+x /data/flash_image' before you run the commands (or chmod 755 /data/flash_image)
4. Repeat step 3 a couple of times if it doesn't seem to work well.
5. All done! Reboot, you should have normal usb connectivity. Post your 'fastboot oem boot' log and intermediate steps if it fails.
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After that I followed the r4-legend-root Step 1 and skipped step two by placing Clockworkmod as update.zip on the SD.
Recovery Vol up + power. And I was back in the game. { I lost that other game while typing this }
It took me a while to learn all this. In 24 Hours 5 hours of actual work and frustration. But I'm There.
I hope this helps you as it did me.
I'm working on HTC Legend for a friend.
edit And I seem to have gotten the forum wrong.
I followed a suggestion for Similar threads... Nice feature
Hope it still helps
im in the same position. soft brick into download mode and computer sees it but odin dosnt do any thing when i click the botten
So I'm running AOKP (awesome ROM, just need something a little more reliable for a trip to Chicago) and I'm trying to get back to stock. I've tried 2 versions of RSD lite & MythTools using all 3 stock files available and neither will read the device even though fastboot says USB Connected. I've also tried flashing the stock Mexico ROM (since the US AT&T versions aren't available anymore) which leads to the phone getting stuck on the "unlocked bootloader" warning (yes, I wiped everything, AND mounted system. Also tried without mounting, same result)... I'm at a loss... I should mention that I backed AOKP up, and was able to restore it, so I have a working phone, would just rather be on stock while 2,000 miles away from home. Anyone have any ideas I could try? Gonna try it all again on my fiancée's laptop, but I haven't had any problems on my laptop in the past...
Thanks in advance!
N7... 'Nuff said...
http://android-gz.com
I've had a problem where it won't read it while in fast boot. Just unplug and plug back in, reboot to boot loader, etc until it reads it.
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Youngunn2008 said:
I've had a problem where it won't read it while in fast boot. Just unplug and plug back in, reboot to boot loader, etc until it reads it.
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I tried that, and the only way I can get fastboot to read as connected is to plug the USB in before I boot to fastboot. While in the ROM, I get the USB debugging notification, but the device doesn't show under 'my computer' (in both modes)... RSD & MythTools won't read the phone at all. In RSD, I click start, and nothing... Over and over. MythTools says "starting flash process" and that's it for 1/2 an hour (that's the longest I've waited, don't want the battery to die in fastboot). Just a flashing cursor...
http://android-gz.com
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I tried that, and the only way I can get fastboot to read as connected is to plug the USB in before I boot to fastboot. While in the ROM, I get the USB debugging notification, but the device doesn't show under 'my computer' (in both modes)... RSD & MythTools won't read the phone at all. In RSD, I click start, and nothing... Over and over. MythTools says "starting flash process" and that's it for 1/2 an hour (that's the longest I've waited, don't want the battery to die in fastboot). Just a flashing cursor...
http://android-gz.com
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if you get you computer read you fastboot, then you can flash any stock rom you want.. manually try flashing boot.img, device_tree.bin and system.img and do factory reset using snapdragon fastboot files... you will get the stock rom you want.. feel free to ask me if you want links to any of the above
IP IHI II IL said:
I tried that, and the only way I can get fastboot to read as connected is to plug the USB in before I boot to fastboot. While in the ROM, I get the USB debugging notification, but the device doesn't show under 'my computer' (in both modes)... RSD & MythTools won't read the phone at all. In RSD, I click start, and nothing... Over and over. MythTools says "starting flash process" and that's it for 1/2 an hour (that's the longest I've waited, don't want the battery to die in fastboot). Just a flashing cursor...
http://android-gz.com
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Just keep trying is all I can say. I've had issues with this before even with official cable and multiple USB ports.
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Guess it was just something wrong with my laptop... Finally got a chance to try on my fiancée's laptop and it worked flawlessly on the first try... Finally back on rooted stock, just in time for my trip... THANKS SOOO MUCH, guys!
N7... 'Nuff said...
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So, finnaly solved!
After reading the whole internet (literally) about this problem happening to many HTC (but not only HTC) phones, including not chargind just when turned off, not recognized by computer (including adb, fastboot), going in car mode, I finally found the solution
Here is what I tried
Several custom and stock kernel and recovery flash, different nandroid backups, different roms including stock even clean install (weird, see later why), different cables, drivers, port cleaning.(RUU isn't possible as the phone doesn't get recognized)
The solution however was muck simpler, just wipe cache and dalvik cache and BAM! all working (at my initial arhd rom)
What I suggest (the order doesn't matter) from all the reading done before conclude it's a hardware problem is:
DO A NANDROID BACKUP!
Try different cables and drivers, even computers
Uncheck the fastboot option in power settings and reset
Clean the port with alcohool (or similar), with the phone shut down and then dry it completely
Wipe cache and dalvik cache
Restore the nandroid backup several times, at some people this did the trick
Boot in safe-mode if possible (APM), this way you can check if it's a 3rd party software that can give problems as in safe mode only stock apps are available
Hope I helped
Hello,
Long story short, out of the blue my One doesn't get recognized by any computer, I tried 3 different laptops, all 3 with win7,different cables, latest HTC drivers installed, uninstalled and installed again, but no succes, even my One doesn't get the usb icons show up when I connect it to any laptop, BUT it does charge
Anyway I tried flashing another Rom,factory reset, kernel but nothing changes, adb and fastboot don't recognize my phone
Also the Icon appears when I connect the phone to an MHL adapter but no picture shows up on TV, it worked before
edit: when booted in fastboot it says fastboot AC, not fastboot usb
The get back to HTC solution is a no go as I don,t have any invoice of buying this phone and in EU is required for warranty
I'm currently on ARHD 41.0 kk 4.4 and Elementalx 10.10.1 kernel, S-off, usb debugging on, TWRP 2.6.3.4
What should I try to fix this? Thanks for any suggestions made!
I have the exact same thing, but the device is the HTC One V. It'll charge, but any attempt for it to be recognized as a usb device fail. I have figured out that the usb connector is bad.
Do you get a snug fit when you plug it in to a usb cable,or is it loose and wobbly?
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I have the exact same thing, but the device is the HTC One V. It'll charge, but any attempt for it to be recognized as a usb device fail. I have figured out that the usb connector is bad.
Do you get a snug fit when you plug it in to a usb cable,or is it loose and wobbly?
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It's not wobbly at all. But if it's a usb connector failure, why does charging work?
tudorlv said:
It's not wobbly at all. But if it's a usb connector failure, why does charging work?
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I agree. It's bizzare. If it's charging fine and it's not loose, it doesn't make sense. I assume that HTC sync won't recognize it either? Have you tried relocking the bootloader and go back completely stock? Do you also get the Windows error that the "usb device has failed"?
BCH/HTC said:
I agree. It's bizzare. If it's charging fine and it's not loose, it doesn't make sense. I assume that HTC sync won't recognize it either? Have you tried relocking the bootloader and go back completely stock? Do you also get the Windows error that the "usb device has failed"?
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No, htc sync does not recognize it, didn't try relocking and get stock. Have you? so I don't go that way without succes. Lastly, no windows error when connecting the phone, not even that annoyng beep sounds.
tudorlv said:
No, htc sync does not recognize it, didn't try relocking and get stock. Have you? so I don't go that way without succes. Lastly, no windows error when connecting the phone, not even that annoyng beep sounds.
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Crap. I just realized that relocking the bootloader is impossible if it can't be recognized as "usb fastboot" or "adb device".
That sucks man. It really doesn't make sense. Try uninstalling everything HTC related, reinstall drivers, and then reboot your pc.
install drivers again and see if that does anything.
BCH/HTC said:
Crap. I just realized that relocking the bootloader is impossible if it can't be recognized as "usb fastboot" or "adb device".
That sucks man. It really doesn't make sense. Try uninstalling everything HTC related, reinstall drivers, and then reboot your pc.
install drivers again and see if that does anything.
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I know it sucks. Already tried uninstalling and reinstalling everything related with no succes. I'm thinking this could be solved (or tried) by terminal emulator commands on Rom toolbox, if it's not hardware related. I will backup my sdcard trough airdroid (it will take long) and try to format it
WTF my internet data connection does't work either, wifi and gps works though
EDIT: data works, carrier fault now it's ok
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WTF my internet data connection does't work either, wifi and gps works though
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Is there anything you downloaded either to your device or to your PC lately? Does toggling USB Debugging do anything?
Like you said, backup everything, & then completely wipe it all. Like I said, my HTC One V had all the same symptoms, right down to the "Fastboot AC" message. To this day I still can't figure it out, but if I carefully wiggle the usb cable, I can get it to almost get the drivers installed, but it ultimately fails.
I did a little searching on the web & some guy had the same issues & for some reason he was told to update his Windows media player & it worked again. Long shot..I know.
Also..I know you said you tried a few different USB cables, but I would still suggest buying a brand new one and giving it a go. USB cables can be super finicky for some reason. They will charge, but when it comes to data, they won't work sometimes. Just a suggestion.
BCH/HTC said:
Is there anything you downloaded either to your device or to your PC lately? Does toggling USB Debugging do anything?
Like you said, backup everything, & then completely wipe it all. Like I said, my HTC One V had all the same symptoms, right down to the "Fastboot AC" message. To this day I still can't figure it out, but if I carefully wiggle the usb cable, I can get it to almost get the drivers installed, but it ultimately fails.
I did a little searching on the web & some guy had the same issues & for some reason he was told to update his Windows media player & it worked again. Long shot..I know.
Also..I know you said you tried a few different USB cables, but I would still suggest buying a brand new one and giving it a go. USB cables can be super finicky for some reason. They will charge, but when it comes to data, they won't work sometimes. Just a suggestion.
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Ok, I will try later this day with other cables, hope it works. I will get back here if successful
BCH/HTC said:
Is there anything you downloaded either to your device or to your PC lately? Does toggling USB Debugging do anything?
Like you said, backup everything, & then completely wipe it all. Like I said, my HTC One V had all the same symptoms, right down to the "Fastboot AC" message. To this day I still can't figure it out, but if I carefully wiggle the usb cable, I can get it to almost get the drivers installed, but it ultimately fails.
I did a little searching on the web & some guy had the same issues & for some reason he was told to update his Windows media player & it worked again. Long shot..I know.
Also..I know you said you tried a few different USB cables, but I would still suggest buying a brand new one and giving it a go. USB cables can be super finicky for some reason. They will charge, but when it comes to data, they won't work sometimes. Just a suggestion.
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So tried right now with a working cable, win7, it does recognize a galaxy3 but not the One
Just realised that if I format the sdcard there is no way of reinstalling or recovering anything
tudorlv said:
So tried right now with a working cable, win7, it does recognize a galaxy3 but not the One
Just realised that if I format the sdcard there is no way of reinstalling or recovering anything
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Man...this is bizarre. I wish I had some other suggestions for you. The only thing I can think of is that the data partition is now corrupted within the device. How that would happen though, I have no idea.
I found this write-up on the web. Maybe it can help you, but to be honest, I am not positive it'll help. There has to be some other more experienced veterans on this site that can help you out some more.
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/2013/10/fix-data-htc-one.html
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Man...this is bizarre. I wish I had some other suggestions for you. The only thing I can think of is that the data partition is now corrupted within the device. How that would happen though, I have no idea.
I found this write-up on the web. Maybe it can help you, but to be honest, I am not positive it'll help. There has to be some other more experienced veterans on this site that can help you out some more.
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/2013/10/fix-data-htc-one.html
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Well, thank you for trying to help, but it seems nothing that can be done by connecting to a computer (adb fastboot commands) is working.
I am pretty sure that the micro usb port is not damaged because this morning when I booted the One after 3 or so minutes (still connected to my win7 64b laptop) it was detected by windows, even both usb icons appeared in statusbar on phone, and pretty surprised I disconnected and reconnected it but it failed.Tried to move the usb connection in ever way possible without breaking it but nothing. You can't imagine the frustration...
I can't go back to stock as I can't flash the recovery or anything else from computer as I stated before.
As everything else is working perfectly including charging I'm afraid to try possible solutins without being able to revert them easily, so my cry for help is to someone who knows how to use terminal emulator commands and make something out of it.
Thanks again!
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Well, thank you for trying to help, but it seems nothing that can be done by connecting to a computer (adb fastboot commands) is working.
I am pretty sure that the micro usb port is not damaged because this morning when I booted the One after 3 or so minutes (still connected to my win7 64b laptop) it was detected by windows, even both usb icons appeared in statusbar on phone, and pretty surprised I disconnected and reconnected it but it failed.Tried to move the usb connection in ever way possible without breaking it but nothing. You can't imagine the frustration...
I can't go back to stock as I can't flash the recovery or anything else from computer as I stated before.
As everything else is working perfectly including charging I'm afraid to try possible solutins without being able to revert them easily, so my cry for help is to someone who knows how to use terminal emulator commands and make something out of it.
Thanks again!
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Sorry to hear that man. I hope everything gets sorted. Good Luck!!:good:
BCH/HTC said:
Sorry to hear that man. I hope everything gets sorted. Good Luck!!:good:
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Solved, check first post (wipe cache and dalvik cache)
tudorlv said:
Solved, check first post (wipe cache and dalvik cache)
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Wow!...I can't believe it was that easy. That's awesome though. Glad you got it up and running again.
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Solved, check first post (wipe cache and dalvik cache)
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how to wipe dalvik cache without custom recovery
tudorlv said:
So, finnaly solved!
After reading the whole internet (literally) about this problem happening to many HTC (but not only HTC) phones, including not chargind just when turned off, not recognized by computer (including adb, fastboot), going in car mode, I finally found the solution
Here is what I tried
Several custom and stock kernel and recovery flash, different nandroid backups, different roms including stock even clean install (weird, see later why), different cables, drivers, port cleaning.(RUU isn't possible as the phone doesn't get recognized)
The solution however was muck simpler, just wipe cache and dalvik cache and BAM! all working (at my initial arhd rom)
What I suggest (the order doesn't matter) from all the reading done before conclude it's a hardware problem is:
DO A NANDROID BACKUP!
Try different cables and drivers, even computers
Uncheck the fastboot option in power settings and reset
Clean the port with alcohool (or similar), with the phone shut down and then dry it completely
Wipe cache and dalvik cache
Restore the nandroid backup several times, at some people this did the trick
Boot in safe-mode if possible (APM), this way you can check if it's a 3rd party software that can give problems as in safe mode only stock apps are available
Hope I helped
Hello,
Long story short, out of the blue my One doesn't get recognized by any computer, I tried 3 different laptops, all 3 with win7,different cables, latest HTC drivers installed, uninstalled and installed again, but no succes, even my One doesn't get the usb icons show up when I connect it to any laptop, BUT it does charge
Anyway I tried flashing another Rom,factory reset, kernel but nothing changes, adb and fastboot don't recognize my phone
Also the Icon appears when I connect the phone to an MHL adapter but no picture shows up on TV, it worked before
edit: when booted in fastboot it says fastboot AC, not fastboot usb
The get back to HTC solution is a no go as I don,t have any invoice of buying this phone and in EU is required for warranty
I'm currently on ARHD 41.0 kk 4.4 and Elementalx 10.10.1 kernel, S-off, usb debugging on, TWRP 2.6.3.4
What should I try to fix this? Thanks for any suggestions made!
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HI man , I have a similar problem,the app car mode start automatically, the pc doesn't recognize my htc one and doesn't recharge it, but i have the options of 'fastboot usb' so i've flash other room : cyano and gpe stock, but however it doesn't work. the strange thing is that after connecting the phone to pc i'cant recharge it with the charger but I have to restart it before and so it works. I've wiped cache and dalvik cache but it still not work :crying:
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HI man , I have a similar problem,the app car mode start automatically, the pc doesn't recognize my htc one and doesn't recharge it, but i have the options of 'fastboot usb' so i've flash other room : cyano and gpe stock, but however it doesn't work. the strange thing is that after connecting the phone to pc i'cant recharge it with the charger but I have to restart it before and so it works. I've wiped cache and dalvik cache but it still not work :crying:
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I know this is very late but have you get any solution for it?
I've rooted and flashed ROMs on three previous android phones but I still consider myself something of a noob.
I have a SM-N910T that I've had for a couple of months. I was trying to flash TWRP for the first time. Windows detected the phone (as it always has in the past) and Odin detected the phone. Halfway through the download the process failed and Odin threw up an error message.
Now I get 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue' with a straight boot. I can boot into download mode on the phone but neither Windows, Odin, or Kies can detect the phone as far as I can tell. There don't appear to be any 'unknown devices' in Device Manager. I've tried different usb ports, different cables, and tried both my laptop and desktop (both are 64-bit windows 8.1) with multiple reboots.
I'm assuming from this point that the phone is hard bricked, but I wanted to see if anyone more knowledgeable had any ideas or input.
Well this is interesting. I can't guarantee this will work, but lets try . . .
1st. Pull the battery from your phone
2nd. Disconnect all usbs from your computer and reboot it
3rd. Once your computer turns back on - open kies 3, click Tools, and then click Reinstall Device Driver. Once finished, close out of kies
4th. Manually boot phone into download mode (Vol down + Home)
5th. Open ODIN and connect phone up to computer
Let me know if the device shows in ODIN before doing anything.
Thanks for taking the time to look at my problem 147aaron.
I followed your steps carefully and ODIN still doesn't see the phone.
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Thanks for taking the time to look at my problem 147aaron.
I followed your steps carefully and ODIN still doesn't see the phone.
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Does windows make that noise that something has been connected when you hook it up? If not, it sounds like you are going to have to have it sent in for repair.
I have now also tried installing Heimdall on my Ubuntu laptop and it also fails to detect the phone:
ERROR: Failed to detect compatible download-mode device.
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Does windows make that noise that something has been connected when you hook it up? If not, it sounds like you are going to have to have it sent in for repair.
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No, it does not (it did before the failed flash). I figured as much, thanks for trying to help.
I'm guessing that the 'premium handset protection' insurance won't cover this?
halfsmart said:
I have now also tried installing Heimdall on my Ubuntu laptop and it also fails to detect the phone:
ERROR: Failed to detect compatible download-mode device.
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Just checking, did you run as Sudo? Or have you set udev permissions. I always forget this the first time when flashing a phone via linux.
First check that your phone is inserted to a USB2.0 port.
Secondly turn the phone completely off for a few seconds, then manually boot into download. Don't let it boot into download mode by just pressing power!
Finally after plugging it in type dmesg in the terminal, it should show your phone connecting as an USB device.
If not post the output of dmesg > dmesg.log
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Just checking, did you run as Sudo? Or have you set udev permissions. I always forget this the first time when flashing a phone via linux.
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Good catch. However, running as sudo I still get the same error.
halfsmart said:
Good catch. However, running as sudo I still get the same error.
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Shoot. Sorry man.
Seems like you have a bad phone.
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First check that your phone is inserted to a USB2.0 port.
Secondly turn the phone completely off for a few seconds, then manually boot into download. Don't let it boot into download mode by just pressing power!
Finally after plugging it in type dmesg in the terminal, it should show your phone connecting as an USB device.
If not post the output of dmesg > dmesg.log
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Unless I reading it wrong (I'm a command-line noob as well) all USB events took place within the first couple of seconds after booting the laptop. I plugged in the phone probably a minute or so after I got to the desktop, so I don't think it's registering. [EDIT: I typed sudo dmesg | grep -i usb and scanned down the time codes on the list]
Here's the dmesg.log:
Just going to throw this out there but have your checked that reactivation lock is unchecked
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Just going to throw this out there but have your checked that reactivation lock is unchecked
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I'm certain that I never enabled anything like that, and on the downloading screen it says 'REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF'
according to a quick google reactivation lock is only available on Verizon and US Cellular models..
I was talking about the one under settings and security. But if this isn't the problem then sorry idk.
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I was talking about the one under settings and security. But if this isn't the problem then sorry idk.
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I think we're talking about the same thing. Either way, thanks for taking the time, I appreciate it.
Hello.I am in some kind of a trouble..I just bought a phone with firmware problems,hoping i could make it work.The problem is this,someone tried to update the firmware,unsuccesfully,and now it's stuck with no OS.I can only start recovery and bootloader.
Recovery is Teamwin 2.6.3.3.Already tried to clear cache and everything,to use an USB with OTG,but it's not recognised,ADB sideload also it's not working.
adb devices shows the phone is not connected,and FastBoot says "Waiting for device".Any idea? I've tried,read a lot,but I can't really work it out..
Also,I can't find the device in Device Manager,neither in ADB nor Fastboot.
I tried using Windows 8.1 and 7..Same deal.
Thank you!
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Hello.I am in some kind of a trouble..I just bought a phone with firmware problems,hoping i could make it work.The problem is this,someone tried to update the firmware,unsuccesfully,and now it's stuck with no OS.I can only start recovery and bootloader.
Recovery is Teamwin 2.6.3.3.Already tried to clear cache and everything,to use an USB with OTG,but it's not recognised,ADB sideload also it's not working.
adb devices shows the phone is not connected,and FastBoot says "Waiting for device".Any idea? I've tried,read a lot,but I can't really work it out..
I tried using Windows 8.1 and 7..Same deal.
Thank you!
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Is it a M8 or a M7, because your title says M8 but you have posted in the M7 forum.
Sorry,I am quite scared.It's M7.
chris_b0ss said:
Sorry,I am quite scared.It's M7.
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First, follow instructions given in this post to install the latest android sdk-tools and the latest htc drivers. Also make sure you don't have HTC Sync installed on your computer.
Then connect your phone to you computer with the original cable (or any other cable already known to work for data transfer - some usb cable are only providing power), reboot the phone in bootloader mode by holding vol down and power. Make sure you see the red "fastboot usb" caption on the screen, if not use vol up/down and power to select the "fastboot" menu. Once there open a command window form the android sdk-tools folder and type "fastboot getvar all". Copy/paste the ouput of this command here (except the imei and serialno).
I've followed that,and still not working.pics attached.
It's very weird,because I was expecting for a soundfrom the Windows,like a new device connected .But ..nothing
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chris_b0ss said:
I've followed that,and still not working.pics attached.
It's very weird,because I was expecting for a soundfrom the Windows,like a new device connected .But ..nothing
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With your phone in bootloader/fastboot mode, go to your windows device manager, take a screenshot of your device manager and post it here please.
The unknown device is related to my laptop.Nothing happens when I connect the phone.
chris_b0ss said:
The unknown device is related to my laptop.Nothing happens when I connect the phone.
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Ok so its not detected at all
Might be caused by
a bad usb cable --> Try another one that you are 100% sure its working
a bad usb port on the computer (use only usb 2.0 ports btw)
a problem with the computer ---> Try another computer.
a bad usb port on the phone ---> need to replace the usb/front mic board
Might also worth to fix your laptop drivers problem. Might be causing problem if the "unknown" device is an adapter or usb controller...
Then reboot the computer.
I think we can exclude the first two,because I've tried 2 different USB cables,and with my S2 ,both of them are working,even ADB.I will try to replace the usb port from the phone,and then try again.But,do you think it will work ?
Thank you!
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I think we can exclude the first two,because I've tried 2 different USB cables,and with my S2 ,both of them are working,even ADB.I will try to replace the usb port from the phone,and then try again.But,do you think it will work ?
Thank you!
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Its hard to tell, there isn't any background info about what was done on that phone. The usb board is pretty cheap so it worth a try if you are 100% sure everything else is fine (computer, cables etc..)
I understand,but,I mean,as far as I know,it's not hard brick,because the phone is still booting..in some way ..so if I manage to connect it,I can flash the rom..am I right?
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I understand,but,I mean,as far as I know,it's not hard brick,because the phone is still booting..in some way ..so if I manage to connect it,I can flash the rom..am I right?
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Normally it should be pretty easy to fix if you can get fastboot and adb connectivity. You could then update the firmware so you can flash the correct RUU to restore the phone back to stock, already made the research and all the files (firmware and ruu) you'll need are available.
alray said:
Normally it should be pretty easy to fix if you can get fastboot and adb connectivity. You could then update the firmware so you can flash the correct RUU to restore the phone back to stock, already made the research and all the files (firmware and ruu) you'll need are available.
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Sorry for the late reply,the phone is now in service,in 1-2 days they should fix the USB board,and I will get back with more info soon.
Thank you very much for your quick answers and for taking time to help me!
Good news,I've managed to unbrick it.I asked a friend with a Mac to check it out,and his Mac recognized with no problems.Installed the Os,but still,Windows can't detect it.I've tried on 2 pc's(7 and 10) with the proper drivers.Weird..
Anyway,thank you for your time @alray !